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Karen Tumulty Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Trying to adapt. Also, Washington Post Columnist and Associate Editor

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Book Cover for: The Ambassadors: America's Diplomats on the Front Lines, Paul Richter

The Ambassadors: America's Diplomats on the Front Lines

Paul Richter
Karen TumultyKaren Tumulty

"An important and illuminating read." -- a review by @eliotacohen, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, of the "The Ambassadors," by @richtpau https://t.co/fJUWCCDidh

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Book Cover for: Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs, Josh Hawley

Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs

Josh Hawley
Karen TumultyKaren Tumulty

Latest from @monicahesse -- Sen. Josh Hawley’s accidentally gender-neutral book about manhood https://t.co/2bMo81w1FS

Hardcover, 2023

$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915, Jon Grinspan

The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915

Jon Grinspan
Karen TumultyKaren Tumulty

OTOH he was also a bigot and misogynist who believed the right to vote was “a peril to civilization.” I’m reading all of this in a great book “The Age of Acrimony” by Jon Grinspan. https://t.co/Hd1gfnAI8q

Hardcover, 2021

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allende

A Long Petal of the Sea

Isabel Allende
Karen TumultyKaren Tumulty

A lovely line I just came across in Isabel Allende’s “A Long Petal of the Sea”: “Pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional.”

Paperback, 2021

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe
Karen TumultyKaren Tumulty

I'm late to this, but "Empire of Pain," the history of the Sackler family by @praddenkeefe, is a very good book. A real page-turner.

Hardcover, 2021

$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and Ptsd, Jason Kander

Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and Ptsd

Jason Kander
Karen TumultyKaren Tumulty

I’m reading a galley of @JasonKander’s book, which is out next month. It is terrific. Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD https://a.co/d/i8kwXvV

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book